Hermione Gaunt [DraMione] {Wattys 2017}

2: Brendan and Scarlett

~ Hermione Granger / Briella Gaunt ~

Margarey leads me through the grounds and to the front door. She opens the door and ushers me inside. The foyer leaves me breathless. The floors are a black and white tile and the walls are heather grey. There are portraits of beautiful men and women on the wall, members of the Gaunt family I assume.

There are two teenagers standing in the foyer, wearing all black. The boy is wearing a black suit and the girl is wearing a black dress. The boy must be Brendan and the girl must be Scarlett.

Brendan still has blonde hair and emerald green eyes. His features are masculine and he has little to no emotion on his face.

Scarlett still has black hair and electric blue eyes. She has feminine features and also has little to no emotion preset on her face.

That changed when the both of them smile at me when I walk inside with Margarey.

"Briella, these are your siblings Brendan and Scarlett" Margarey says with a wide smile on her face.

Brendan and Scarlett slowly walk over to us before engulfing me in a group hug. I hug them back.

We pull apart and it seems that Margarey is crying tears of joy.

"Don't cry Mother, everything's alright" Scarlett says in a reassuring tone.

"I know that Scar, that's why I'm crying" Margarey says through her tears.

"Can I show Briella to her room?" Scarlett asks.

Margarey nods her head. Scarlett leads me out of the foyer and down a corridor on the right side of it.

"Are you going back to Hogwarts this year?" Scarlett asks.

"Yes, I am" I reply.

I have to competely redo my Seventh Year because I wasn't there for it and my NEWT exams. Harry, Ron, and Ginny are also planing on returning for their final year.

"Brendan is also going because Mother forbade him from attending school last year. Durmstrang is basically run by Death Eaters and dark wizards but rumors of murder were going around near the start of the school year. I'm going too because Mother doesn't want me going to France alone" Scarlett says.

"That makes sense, with the war just ending and all" I reply.

"I suppose it does" Scarlett mumbles.

"Why are the Gaunt's one of the purest families?" I ask my younger sister.

"Because in our families entire history, we've never married a non-Pureblood. That's why our magical abilities are stronger than other families and why we have a few more abilities" Scarlett says.

"What abilities?" I ask.

"We have Mind Reading from the Granger side of us, Parsletongue from our Slytherin ancestors, wandless Magic, and telekinesis" Scarlett lists our extra abilities off.

"Merlin's beard" I mumble to myself.

"It's a lot to take in, I know" Scarlett replies.

"Yeah it is" I chuckle.

"Did you hear that every Hogwarts student is being re-sorted at the beginning of this year due to the war?" Scarlett asks.

"No, I haven't heard that" I scowl.

If that was happening wouldn't Harry have known? If he does why hasn't he told me yet?

Scarlett stops walking and points to the door on her right. There's a plaque on the door that says 'Briella'.

I reluctantly open the door and gasp when I see my bedroom. The floors are a maroon carpet and the walls are painted gold. There's a queen bed in the middle with Gryffindor themed bedding. All along the left wall there's a large bookshelf that's brimming with books. There's a desk in the right corner of the room. Near the desk is another door.

I walk over to it and open it. Inside is my very own walk in closet. Past all of the rows and rows of clothes, there's another door. I open it and walk into my very own bathroom.

On each of the doors is the Slytherin house crest, painted in its normal colors of emerald green and silver. We are direct descendants of Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders of Hogwarts, after all.

"Do you like it?" Scarlett asks.

"I love it!" I exclaim.

"Alright. Let's go find Brendan" Scarlett says.

We leave my bedroom and look around the manor to find Brendan. We end up finding him in his bedroom.

"Hey, Brendan" Scarlett says as she walks into his bedroom.

I follow Scarlett into his room and close the door behind me. Brendan looks up at us from the book that he's reading.

"Hey" I say.

"Bri are you still friend with Harry Potter?" Brendan asks.

"Yeah, why?" I ask him.

"Just wondering" Brendan replies.

"Oh! I heard you were dating Weasley, are you?" Scarlett asks, sounding disapointed.

"No I'm not, why?" I reply.

"Because you're already engaged to someone else" Scarlett says quickly.

A hand flies up to her mouth after she said that. Which means she wasn't supposed to tell me.

At that a painful memory takes hold of me, making me slide down to the floor.

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"Brie!" A little boy yells.

I look around the gardens of Gaunt Manor, looking for who had just yelled my name.

A platinum blonde haired and grey eyed boy run up to me with a big smile on his face. I smile back at him, wanting to know why he seems so happy.

"What is it, Draco?" I ask the boy.

"My Mum and Dad said when we're older we're going to get married!" Draco says happily.

"Really?" I ask, sounding as happy as Draco.

"Yep! Then we're gonna have babies and grow old together!" Draco exclaims.

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The memory goes away almost as fast as it had come. Brendan and Scarlett are helping me to my feet. I numbly allow them to help me.

Once I'm stable they let go of me.

Why am I engaged to Draco bloody Malfoy? He's an arsehole who made my life a living hell back at Hogwarts.

"Scar you're not supposed tell her that. Mother was going to eventually" Brendan scolded his younger sister.

"Sorry" Scarlett says, looking at the ground.

How am I supposed to explain all of this to Harry, Ron, and Ginny?